1
as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive
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as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
over the last month a huge mound of paperwork has amassed on my desk
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Recent Examples of amass
Winnie’s petition for carrot cake went viral on TikTok, amassing over 469,000 views on the platform.
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Today, Authentic has amassed a portfolio that encompasses more than 50 brands including Reebok, Brooks Brothers and Champion that generate annual retail sales of $32 billion globally.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Patrick Mahomes enjoyed his first four-touchdown pass game in two seasons behind an offensive line that actually gave him time to work as the Chiefs amassed their highest score in 42 overall games.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The update comes in the wake of mounting pressure for the artificial intelligence startup to make changes to its chatbot, which has amassed over 700 million users since its launch in late 2022.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Today, Authentic has amassed a portfolio that encompasses more than 50 brands including Reebok, Brooks Brothers and Champion that generate annual retail sales of $32 billion globally.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Patrick Mahomes enjoyed his first four-touchdown pass game in two seasons behind an offensive line that actually gave him time to work as the Chiefs amassed their highest score in 42 overall games.
—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025
The update comes in the wake of mounting pressure for the artificial intelligence startup to make changes to its chatbot, which has amassed over 700 million users since its launch in late 2022.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers have promised that schools and local governments, which receive a large share of the sales tax revenue the state collects, will be held harmless by the shift.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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It's collected nine Assembly co-sponsors and four from the Senate but hasn't been brought to a committee, Brill said.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Days after a gunman drove a truck into a Grand Blanc Township church and opened fire on worshippers, killing four people and wounding eight, hundreds gathered in Flint for a community safety briefing focused on crisis response and prevention in houses of worship.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Oct. 2025
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All the while, the enchanted garden where Travis would get down on one knee was being assembled outside of his and Swift’s house.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
7 Oct. 2025
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The trailer shows Hemsworth’s Geralt assembling an army of adventurers to track down his former Witcher apprentice Ciri (Freya Allan).—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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The program is open to eligible participants from counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula and the west side of the state to parts of metro Detroit, and has garnered tens of millions in public and private dollars as well as bipartisan interest from lawmakers.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Robert Brooks’s murder never garnered the attention of the nation, as George Floyd’s had.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amass. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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